Please construct each paragraph so that the reader can understand what you focused your observations on without having seen the original questions. - fogleman
Observation/Reflection #1
During this observation, focus on how class begins. Where is your CT before class begins? What is he or she doing? How and when does your CT establish order and begin class? How is homework from the previous night reviewed/collected/assessed? How does your CT engage students during the opening of the lesson?
Observations:
My visit to South Kingstown High School went quite well today. Mr. Johnson started each of his biology classes out from the front of class with his pet millipede today. None of these students had met this creature yet, and most of the girls squealed once they found out it was a bug! Somehow or other, when he walked around with it, talking of what it eats (detritus) where it is originally found, and the difference between centipedes, nearly everyone got the courage to at least touch it. This initial interesting event brought the class together. At one point, standing at the front of the room, he had to bring a few girls attention back; he gently stopped talking and made a coughing sound, in which the girls realized that they were being rude. He made certain to thank them for turning around!
When it came time for homework, at the beginning of class (after the introduction of the giant millipede) he said to them “oh, I believe there was an assignment due today…” The class automatically knew what to do, and took out their work and set their work on their desk for him to check.
Reflection:
Today, I found a few interesting things. Having sat in the back of the class for most of the day, I thought that it was kind of difficult for him to maintain a form of management when he would stand at the front and lecture. So, in this class he brought out the millipede, which engaged everyone’s curiosity, and brought the class together initially. While he was talking about the creature, (in one class at least) he started to walk around with it, I noticed he walked towards those who were talking to each other, rather than participating in discussion. I hope to use this sneaky technique to maintain class focus someday within my own classroom.
Class Topic: Biology
Grade: 10
Observed by: Lauren Paetznick
Observation/Reflection #1
During this observation, focus on how class begins. Where is your CT before class begins? What is he or she doing? How and when does your CT establish order and begin class? How is homework from the previous night reviewed/collected/assessed? How does your CT engage students during the opening of the lesson?Observations:
My visit to South Kingstown High School went quite well today. Mr. Johnson started each of his biology classes out from the front of class with his pet millipede today. None of these students had met this creature yet, and most of the girls squealed once they found out it was a bug! Somehow or other, when he walked around with it, talking of what it eats (detritus) where it is originally found, and the difference between centipedes, nearly everyone got the courage to at least touch it. This initial interesting event brought the class together. At one point, standing at the front of the room, he had to bring a few girls attention back; he gently stopped talking and made a coughing sound, in which the girls realized that they were being rude. He made certain to thank them for turning around!
When it came time for homework, at the beginning of class (after the introduction of the giant millipede) he said to them “oh, I believe there was an assignment due today…” The class automatically knew what to do, and took out their work and set their work on their desk for him to check.
Reflection:
Today, I found a few interesting things. Having sat in the back of the class for most of the day, I thought that it was kind of difficult for him to maintain a form of management when he would stand at the front and lecture. So, in this class he brought out the millipede, which engaged everyone’s curiosity, and brought the class together initially. While he was talking about the creature, (in one class at least) he started to walk around with it, I noticed he walked towards those who were talking to each other, rather than participating in discussion. I hope to use this sneaky technique to maintain class focus someday within my own classroom.
Class Topic: Biology
Grade: 10
Observed by: Lauren Paetznick